A few weeks ago, the Spotlight Youth Theatre wrote on our Facebook page, telling us about their shoe drive in conjunction with their performance of FOOTLOOSE. After talking with Jackie De Angelis, part of the fundraising team there, we just had to share her story with you! Read below to learn (Continue reading…)
Today’s post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: These past few weeks, a few different things I read, heard on the radio and saw on television all came together. Given how little I typically watch TV, this seemed like something I should pay attention to. First, I saw that Senator Rob (Continue reading…)
It’s the end of May! What does this mean? Well, school will finish soon, pools will open, families will start caravanning to the beach and everyone will be looking for a lemonade stand on the side of the road. You remember lemonade stands, right? They provide an ice cold, refreshing (Continue reading…)
This January, Soles4Souls was able to distribute work boots and snow boots in central New York. If you’ve been there in the winter you’ve probably seen the feet of snow residents encounter each year!! Work boots from Redwing, Columbia, and Rockport were a great help to the men and women in (Continue reading…)
Twenty-one-year old college student Lindsay Nelson decided earlier this year to collect shoes for Soles4Souls. She has a heart for Haiti and the people there and wanted to do anything she could to help our efforts in the country. Lindsay approached a local church in the Appleton, Wisconsin area and (Continue reading…)
We know the impact that footwear has on an individual’s life. We’ve told you in other blog posts that there are approximately 300 million children around the world who do not possess adequate footwear, and not having it can lead to cuts, parasites and diseases. But have you thought about (Continue reading…)
“Thanks so much for giving us this opportunity,” says Peter Crowles, of Seeds of Dignity Ministries in an email. Peter received a shipments of shoes from us and distributed them to those in need in the Philippines. The shoes were given to 16 children and seven staff members at the Haven (Continue reading…)
Tamara Villa recently hosted a shoe drive with her two young daughters. They started the project to prove that a hero is known for his or her good deeds – and they ended the project with almost 1,500 pairs of shoes and a lesson well learned. This is what she (Continue reading…)
Today’s post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: I try to keep up with world events. I read the Economist, listen to NPR and have my google homepage set to find stories of national and international importance. Yet somehow, I have just realized the scale of the humanitarian crisis in (Continue reading…)
Today’s post is from Travel4Souls Coordinator, Kelly Hoskins: I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect of our Soles4Souls journey to Honduras because I had never been there before. I feel like I could read a hundred guide books, notes and journal articles researching a place but can’t fully pronounce my (Continue reading…)
